Souths put on a powerful performance against the Warriors out west in Perth. It was a record crowd for games in Perth to boot. And the win also cemeted Souths in the 2013 Top 8. Now the focus shifts to guaranteeing a Top 4 birth. 3 more wins.

A great performance by Bryson Goodwin who setup and scored the winning try his double for the game.

Another try on the weekend and we see Mitch Buckett take the lead on the Bears try scoring list with 10 tries.

Another try and Aaron Gray continues to lead the U20 try scorers with tries.

In 1997 as part of the Super League War peace deal Perth Western Reds were sacrificed by News Ltd as they shutdown Perth and the Hunter Mariners to create the Melbourne Storm. 16 years on its becoming evident tha the NRL needs to once again consider expansion into Perth. A 20k bumper crowd is showing that the region needs a team.

Statistically it we improved but the Warriors tired alte in the game after their 8 hour plane flight. Completion rates improved to 79% from 71% last week. With errors dropping to 8 from 14 and penalties down to 5 from 6 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle for the match improved into the good level of 27.1m from 32.1m last week. And missed tackles dropped to a poor level of 21 missed tackles from 9 last week. We allowed 8 opposition offloads once again this week.

Looking at our left side defence - Merritt-Goodwin-Sutton-McQueen (1-3-3-4) dropped to 11 from 1 missed tackles last week. On the right side Everingham-Walker-Reynolds-Teo (0-2-2-0) was steady at 4 missed tackles this week.

Our go forward was improved to a very good level this week at 1494m. Goodwin and Sam Burgess lead the go forward making 10+m per run. With Georg Burgess, Sam Burgess, Goodwin, Inglis and Walker making more that 100+m in the match. Defensively Luke was our best in the tackling raking up 33 tackles. With Asotasi, Te'o, Lima, Peats and Everingham not missing a tackle.